Forgotten Gallery · Arms & Armour
Sword
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Five objects off display, chosen for · from the archive



Sword
Unknown · 19th century · Gujarat
Sword (abbasi talwar), with a bright steel slightly recurved blade with a hilt set with turquoises, Gujarat, 19th century.
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Sword
Unknown · 19th century · Punjab (India)
Two handed sword with a long straight blade and tubular grip encircled by three large brass collars, Panjab, 19th century.
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Sword
Unknown · 19th century · Kodagu
Broad single-edged chopping blade with a carved ivory hilt with a broad counter-guard. Kodagu, mid 19th century.
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Sword
Unknown · Assam
Sword <i>dao</i> steel buffalo horn, Assam
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